Button.



No. 642,042. Patented Jan. 23, IBDO R. A. HALL 8|. E. A. GRIFFITH.

BUTTON.

(Application filed May 17, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNrrn STATES ROBERT ALLISON HALL AND EDUARD A. GRIFFITH, OF BALTIMOREPATENT OFFICE.

MARYLAND, ASSIGNORS TO THE RAYMOND BUTTON COMPANY OF BALTIMORE CITY, OFMARYLAND.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,042, dated. January23, 1900.

Application filed May 1'7, 1899. Serial No. 717,16 8. (N0 model.)

To (1,, w/wnt it may concern:

Be it known that we,RoBERr ALLISON HALL and EDUARD A. GRIFFITH, citizensof the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in buttons.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a button of simple,cheap, and durable construction that can be readily attached to thefabric and which will be flexible when attached to the said fabric.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of the button attached to the fabric, thelatter being in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same.

Similar figures of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalfigures.

1 designates the head of the button; 2, the shank; 3, the base,audathestud. The head 1, shank 2,and base 3 of the button are all formed of onecontinuous piece of wire. The shank 2 is formed by coiling the wirespirally until the desired length of shank is obtained, and the wire isthen coiled into a flat head 1 of any desired diameter. The lower end ofthe shank 2 is coiled into a base 3, which rests upon the fabric towhich the button is to be attached, the fabric being gripped tightlybetween the base 3 and the base 5. The stud 4 is provided with a base 5and also a neck or recessed portion 6, into which the wire shank 2 iscoiled, as shown in Fig. 2, to prevent the stud 4 from pulling out ofthe shank when the parts are secured to the fabric.

The button is secured to the fabric by inserting the stud 4 through thesaid fabric 7, and then the wire is coiled tightly around the neck orrecessed portion 6 of the stud 4, forming a spiral shank 2, and is thenformed into the flat head 1, the lower end of the said shank 2 beingbrought down tightly against the fabric and formed into the base 3, ashereinbefore stated, or the head, shank, and base of the button may becompletely finished and the stud 4 then forced through the fabric andinto the wire shank, the coils of the wire taking into the recessedportion of the stud and holding the latter securely from pulling out ofthe shank.

If it is desired, a washer may be inserted between the base 3 and thefabric 7.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the head 1 of the button isprovided on its periphery with a metal band 8 to give it a finishedappearance and also'prevent the extremity of the wire from catching inthe fab no.

It will be seen that by having the shank, head, and base 3 of the buttonformed of one continuous piece of wire the button will possess anelasticity when attached to the fabric which in a majority of cases willprevent its being pulled ofi by reason of any strain that may be broughtto bear thereon.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim is- A buttonconsisting of a head, 1, a shank, 2, and a base, 3, formed of onecontinuous piece of wire; a metal band, 8, around the periphery of thebutton-head to prevent the end of the wire from catching in the fabric;and astud, 4, having a recessed portion, 6, around which the shank iscoiled to prevent the said stud from pulling out when the button issecured to the fabric.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT ALLISON HALL. EDUARD A. GRIFFITH. Witnesses:

Gno. E. TAYLOR, CHAPIN A. FERGUSON.

It is hereby certified that the name of the second-mentioned patentee inLetters Patent No. 642,042, granted January 23, 1900, for an improvementin Buttons, wzm

erroneously written and printed Eduard A. Griffith, Whereas said nameeheuld have been written and printed Edward A. Griflith; and that thesaid Lettere Patent c6 Q- C\| CD c 2 should be read with this correctiontherein that the same may conform to the reenrti a: 3 an .J

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of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, conntersigned, and sealed this 80th day of January A. 1)., 1900.

[SEAL.] THOS. RYAN,

First Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

Oonntersigned O. H. DUELL,

Commissioner of Patents.

